Razor sneak preview: can I get a So Say We All?

[annathepiper]

solarbird and I went to the sneak preview of the 2-hour BSG movie Razor, as per my earlier post on the topic. And oh my yes, that was a lot of fun. ^_^

About the movie itself: I won't go into too much detail, since we are under two weeks away from the broadcast date (Saturday, 11/24, mark yer calendars and set your DVRs, troops). But I will say that it was awesome to see Battlestar on the big screen. We get a lot of backstory that isn't any real surprise to anyone who's been with the series since Season Two. We get several interesting questions raised about things to come in Season Four. We get one previously interesting bit of potential subtext turned into outright text, which simultaneously delighted me and disappointed me, and I shall comment more on that when the thing actually airs. We get a flashback clear back to the days of the First Cylon War and a certain Lieutenant "Husker" Adama, which was very cool. And best of all, there's some bits towards the end where the plotline suddenly goes quite old school, and that provoked a wave of delighted cheers from our audience.

Once the credits rolled we got a sneak preview of Season Four, which is quite promising, as well as an ad for the Razor DVD--which is going to be worth buying even for those of us who attended this sneak preview, because it's got extra footage in it. I'll definitely be buying this thing when it goes on sale in December.

Afterwards, there was a raffle of free swag. Neither Dara nor I won anything, but it was nevertheless amusing to see sweatshirts handed out for the new Xbox game Mass Effect, which is about to go on sale. Three Halo-3-branded Zunes were handed out, and the biggest ticket item was an Xbox 360.

But the cool part of the gifts being handed out was zomg surprise Apollo. :D Jamie Bamber himself was there, along with Stephanie Jacobsen, the actress who plays Kendra Shaw, a central character in the Razor plotline. Dara and I both did happy doubletakes at the sight of Mr. Bamber walking into the theater; even though he was wearing a suit and had his hair longer and darker than we typically see it on the show, he still looked very, very Apollo-ish from a distance. Didn't sound it quite so much once he started talking, but oh, his accent is delightful.

He talked about how the show was about to go dark due to the writer's strike, but also expressed his support and that of the cast for the WGA cause, which was cool to hear. And he introduced several important people in the audience, provoking a wave of applause, and also talked about how he too found it cool to see Battlestar on the big screen for the first time. But the best thing of all that he said was about how Razor was showing in the twelve biggest cities in the country... and Seattle. Because we are, and I quote, "the geek capital of the world"!

You heard it straight from Apollo himself, folks. SO SAY WE ALL!

Comments

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Woooooah. A BSG movie? How did I totally miss that?

Also, I'm going to marry Apollo.

[annathepiper]

You've only missed this sneak preview--I posted about it the other day. You haven't missed the broadcast of the movie, though! It comes on on the 24th on the Sci-Fi channel. :)

This is a special two-hour movie, sort of a teaser for Season Four since stuff it in ties into what's going to happen later. It's set towards the tail end of Season Two, when Apollo takes over the Pegasus--but there are also flashbacks that tell the story of what happened with the Pegasus when the Colonies were attacked, and several of the incidents that are only alluded to in the episodes are played out on camera here.

As for Apollo, hee, you can have him. solarbird and I are going to share Starbuck. ;)

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Well I mean, miss knowing the fact that there's even a movie coming out. Awesome.

Okay yeah, you can have her. Apollo will be all mine. MWAHAHA!

[annathepiper]

Hee! Go here, this is the page for the Razor movie, a sub-page of the main Battlestar site. There are some flashback clips up there, some of the extra footage involving Adama on his first mission.